The U.S. prison population dropped by over 2 percent in 2015, to about 1.5 million people in state and federal facilities. But experts note that the total number of inmates was still massive compared with 40 years ago—and one tells Newsweek the reform.....»»

CNETCards Against Humanity is digging a giant hole to nowhereCNETEver dig a hole in your yard as a kid, convinced you'd somehow break all the way through the Earth and end up in China/Atlantis/Narnia/Your Favorite Land Here? The folks who make the nau.....»»

Eight activists of the banned SIMI escaped early today from the Bhopal Central Jail by killing a security guard and scaling the prison wall with the help of bed sheets. “Eight SIMI activists escap........»»

Reports of unacceptable conditions in U.K. prisons are not new. In 1773, the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire inspected the local jail in Bedford and was so horrified at what he found that it set him on course to be the first ever prison reformer. Yet, only a.....»»

The Boring Company
Elon Musk's Boring Company has received a permit from the Washington, D.C. government that will allow it to begin some initial digging and other preparatory work in a parking lot about a mile from the US Capitol.
The permit repr.....»»

Gay sex, cohabitation, and sex outside marriage would become illegal and punishable with prison terms under proposals from Islamic parties that could soon become law in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation......»»